Improvement in harvesters



l "UNITED jr STATES Raritan, in the countyof Somerset and State *proved Reaping and Mowing` Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,`ref erence being hadto theaccompanying drawings, makin A whhy i i Figure l isa side sectional view `of `my inu vention, taken in thefline w m, Fig. 2; Fig. 2,

a plan or top `view ofthe same; Fig. 3, `a section of a portion ofthe same, taken in' the line y y, Fig. l. -i n `g Similarletters of reference indicate` correspending partsin the several iigures. y u y "This invention relates to `an improvement in thatd class of `reaping and mowing machines which havetheir sickle's and driving-gear ati d tached to a frame which` is allowed to swing y `onthe axle of the wheels on which the main frame is mounted.` d.

`'Io enable those skilled in the art d to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it:` A representszthe'` main "frame of d the i machine, which is supported at its front ends by two wheels, B B,and acaster-wheel, C, at its back part. Y The wheels B` B are placed on separate or independent `aviles D D, to the in-V ner ends of` which toothed wheels E E are ati `tached, one to.each.` v These wheels Alil E have their/teeth at jtlieinner side of their periph- `eres,fas shown clearly'in Fig. 1, and on the axles D D of the wheels a frame, F, vis hun g and allowed to swing loosely, `said frame being `hungon theaxlesD at theouter sides of the 'wheels E E, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

In the front part ofthe Vframe F there `is placed transversely"` a shaft,G, `whichhas a pinion, H, placed loosely on eachend of it. These pinions gearinto` the'wheels EE, and to each pinion there is attached a ratchet, I, the teeth of `which areat jtheffinnersides of their peripheries,`. andrcatch, when themachine is drawn forward, into pawls J J, which .are attachednto the shaft G, and cause thelat` `ter torotate. ,In" backingthe machinethe teeth ofthe ratchet "slip over the pawls J J, and

` HOn the shaft Gfthere is 'g placed` a bevelspcifinonformingpara f Letters Patent No; 35,479, dated June 3, 1862.

\ of New Jersey, have `invented a new and Im# ga part of thisspeciiication, in

the shaft G consequently ,remains stationary.

PATENT r OFFICE.

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IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

y i wheel, K, which gearsinto a bevel-pinion, Il, `Be it known that I, J Aeon W. SToUT, of on the front end of a shaft, M, which is placed `longitudinally in the frame F, and .has a sleeve, f

N upon it, which is provided with a cranklwheel, O, at its lower end, from which the sickle is driven by a connecting-rod. The

sleeve N is fitted loosely on the shaft M, and

lis connected therewith by a clutch, P.

In the back end of the frame F there is placed transversely a shaft, Q, to whichthe iinger-bar R is `connected by a short arm, a. The shaft Q is allowed to turnv in the frame F, andto one end of it there is secured a bar, S, which extends upward by the side of a rod, T, having a sector-guide, U, at its 4upper end,

through which a pin, b, on the upper end 'of the bar S ypasses,`s`aid pin having a screw thread cut on it to receive athumb-nnt, V, by

:which the bar S may be firmly secured to the guide U, and the shaft Q held in proper posi- .tion or prevented from turning in the frame F.

ground may require. If the ground be rough i and stony, the front ends of theteeth should `be elevated 'as much as possible, in order that they mayclear and pass over the obstructions freely. If the ground be smooth, they may be depressedat their front ends, so as to cut close.

-This adj nstment of the linger-bar will be unn derstood byreferr'ing to Fig. 1.

The nger-bar and sickle may be adjusted bodily at a greater or less elevation from the surfaceof the groundby means of a set-screw,

c, which passes ythrough a sector-arm, el, aty

one side of the frame F, and into the main frame A.

In consequence of having the frame F hung on the axles DD ofthe wheels B B,

and arranged as shown, a very simple anddi- 'rect driving mechanism is obtained, and one not at all affected by the adjustment of the frameF, and which admits of the machine being backed77 without operating the sickle, y

and at the same time causes an equal strainat both sides of the machine, which insures an easy-running movement of the s1ckle-driving mechanism. Y I would remark that the iingerbar B has a brace, V connected to it. This brace is connected by a pivot, a', to the front end of the Having thus described my invention, what inner shoe, b, of the finger-bar. The front I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters end of the brace being attached by a pivot, c', Patent, isto the main frame A 5 and I would further re- ,The combination and arrangement of the niark that the short arm a, which connects the frame F on the axles D D, of the Wheels B iinger-bar R'With the shaft Q, is allowed to B With the gearing E E H H, ratchets I I, turn freely in the latter, in order to admit of pawls .I J, and the bevel-gears K L, substanthe finger-bar and sickle conforming to the intially as and for the purpose herein set forth. equalitics of surface over which they pass. JACOB W. STOUI.

The motion of the sickle may be'stopped at any time by disconnecting the sleeve N from the shaft IWI.

Vitnesses:

FRED. J. FRELINGHUYSEN, JOHN D. WYcKoFF. 

